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LUCSUS is a world class sustainability centre for research, teaching and impact where we work to understand, explain, and catalyse social change and transformations in relation to material limits in the biosphere. We have a unique way of addressing complex sustainability issues from a critical and an integrated natural and social science perspective, and with a solutions-based approach.
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News

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16 Feb 2021 | News

Historical perspectives and mobilization important for the future of reindeer winter pastures.

A growing movement is fighting to protect the winter pasturelands of indigenous Sámi reindeer herders. At the same time there is an intense debate on trade-offs within forestry. Sustainability scientist David Harnesk is studying social and political movements surrounding reindeer husbandry and how t...
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18 Feb 2021 | News

Recognizing resistance is crucial to a sustainable and just transition 

Research article on social resistance and the yellow vest movement in France.
29 Jan 2021 | News

LUCSUS welcomes four new PhDs and postdocs

LUCSUS welcomes four new PhDs and post-docs to our centre.
A cow in a field in Vaupes, Colombia. Photo: Torsten Krause.
22 Jan 2021 | News

Torsten Krause comments on the WWF-report on deforestation fronts

A recent report by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) identifies 24 places across the world that are hotspots for deforestation - and where forests are under threat. A staggering over 43 million of hectares were lost in these areas between 2004 and 2017 - an area roughly the size of Morocco. Torsten K...
Art installation with people moving on a stage under a circular sheet. Photo: Diego Galafassi.
20 Jan 2021 | News

New research project will analyse how emerging media practices and art can support the SDG:s

Diego Galafassi, researcher at LUCSUS, is leading a new research project on emerging media practices. Using co-creation, and a practice-led approach, the aim is to analyse how emerging media - innovative media forms at the intersection of art, science and technology - can support transformations to ...
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Mar

4 March 2021 10:15 to 12:00 | Seminar

LUCSUS Seminar: The struggles and mobilization of indigenous Sámi reindeer herders
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Mar

11 March 2021 11:00 to 12:00 | Seminar

LUCSUS Seminar: Drowning Deltas, Empty Bowls: Assessing the disproportionate impacts of global food system shocks driven by relative sea level rise in the Mekong Delta
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Mar

18 March 2021 11:00 to 12:00 | Seminar

LUCSUS Seminar: When corporation preempt environmental policies via market-based activities: The case of take-back systems at Swedish apparel retailers
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25 March 2021 11:00 to 12:00 | Seminar

LUCSUS Seminar: Novel food consumption – the consumer seaweed experience
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